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Nassau Community College (Garden City, N.Y.) star tackle, Chad Mavety,
is the second-ranked junior college offensive lineman in the country, according
to 247Sports.com. Thursday, the Scarlet Knights decided to offer the 6-6,
320-pounder who played his high school ball at Sparta (N.J.) yet graduated
without a single FBS offer.

Mavety's lack of attention was due, in large part, to
academic issues, but the talented lineman has since turned things around,
fielding offers from some of the top programs across the country. Alabama, Ohio
State, Florida State, Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M are just a few of the
big names courting the fleet-footed tackle. And today, Rutgers was added to the
mix.

"I got the Rutgers offer today," Mavety told NJ.com. "I was
just in my coach's office just chilling, and my coach was on the phone. And he
told me Rutgers was on the line asking about me. I was surprised. So I picked
up and talked to Coach (Rob) Spence, and I told him Coach (Jim) Worth had contacted me but
then just stopped talking to me.

"He said that probably was a transcript thing because
you have to have a certain ACT to transfer from a JUCO and get into Rutgers. So
he just asked me if I'm still interested and told me they want me to come to Rutgers. They said I could be the best lineman on the field. He gave me a
lot of praise, too, so it was a really cool conversation."

Mavety is on track to graduate in December and enroll at a
four-year university in January of 2014. At that point, he will have three
years to play two. Due to the limited time he will have to make a contribution at the school of
his choice, if he chooses Rutgers, they plan to utilize his ability from day
one.

"Rutgers wants me to play left tackle if I come down," he
said. "Coach Spence was really talking about me playing right away, and how he
loves me. And he said he knows that I have heavy hitters like Alabama, but he feels
that I should hold it down for Jersey."

The Scarlet Knights recruited Mavety out of high school
among a handful of other schools, yet lost communication throughout his junior
college stint. However, Mavety claims that will not negatively affect his
Rutgers recruitment, at all.

"I thought about it, but there could be a lot of reasons why
they got to me late," he said. "So it doesn't really mean anything.

"Rutgers stands with everybody else right now because I don't
have any leaders," he continued. "But they are my home-state school and they
recruited me out of high school, so I'm definitely going to give them a chance
and check them out."

Mavety will take an unofficial visit to Rutgers March 30th,
where he will get to further assess his true interest level. He will also visit Ohio State April 6, Oklahoma April 13 and Alabama April 20.